Guitar Warm Up for Left Hand Technique – Guitar Lesson Video [08.12]
- Thursday, August 12, 2010, 12:49
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Do your fingers come far off the guitar neck when you play? The following warm-up exercise is one of the best I know of to cure this bad habit.
This warm-up exercise (shown to me by guitar madman Steve Trovato) is one of the best I know of to cure the bad habit of letting your fingers drift far away from the guitar neck while you play. Based off a common one-finger-per-fret exercise with a dastardly twist, working through this guitar warm-up will help ingrain good left hand finger position.
Here is the tab for the exercise covered in this video.
Play with one-finger-per-fret and only move each finger when needed to play the same fret on the next string. Simply concept but not-so-simple to do!
Speaking of this exercise, my Facebook friend, Justin, wrote:
“yeah, thats a dastardly twist alright. my fingers come so far off the board they damn near poke me in the eye!!!”
LOL. I love it! So wear protective eye wear if needed and stay safe!
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…gonna try this tonight.
I know: Practice…Practice…Practice…
And thanks for the daily tips.
Storm,
…several days later of practicing this warm-up, I have to admit that this is harder than it looks. My fingers are truly flying all over the place. However, with this warm-up routine and slowing down a tad, I am seeing results.
It’s really hard – all the time i’m touching the lower strings. But: practise…
Thanks!
THANK YOU!
I been doing 1 2 3 4 1234 4321 3241 but soon as I try to go fast plam my pinky like drinking tea. fixed it, now notice my 2 middle fings go like v nukles spread finger tips. or try to use my middle finger my other finger gos off on its own. Seems like a simple thing to come up to practice. and thank you for telling us this it should help my problem.